La Liga round No. 28 will kick off this weekend, with Real Madrid seven points clear of second-place Girona.
Unfortunately, Girona’s dream season is unraveling as the club are in danger of falling out of the top four. Meanwhile, Athletic Club continue to improve each week.
Midtable teams Valencia and Getafe will face off at Mestalla on Saturday. Getafe edged Valencia in the teams’ last six head-to-head encounters, with a record of 3W-1D-2L. These teams combined for eight red cards in those six games.
Three of the red cards occurred in their previous La Liga meeting this season. Getafe won the previous meeting 1-0 at home. Indeed, Getafe won their last two games against Valencia by 1-0 scorelines.
Getafe took just two points from their last three La Liga matches. They scored four times but conceded four goals in that time. Valencia also took two points from their last three matches. Los Che were outscored during that time 4-2.
Nineteenth-place Granada are now 10 points from safety and are likely to be relegated this season. Los Rojiblancos will hope to end a three-match losing streak to Real Sociedad on Saturday.
Sociedad won the last two matches versus Granada by scores of 3-2, 2-0, and 5-3. La Royal are not in good form, having lost their last two La Liga matches. In addition, Sociedad lost in midweek to PSG in the Champions League.
Granada failed to win their last seven La Liga matches. Only Almeria conceded more goals than Granada’s 54 allowed this season. Granada took two points from nine on offer in their last three home matches.
The last three matches between Deportivo Alaves and Rayo Vallecano were won by the home team. Will that trend continue this weekend? Rayo won the reverse fixture 2-0. Indeed, the last four games between these clubs were low scoring with the winning team keeping a clean sheet.
Rayo Vallecano are 16th in the league standings after 27 games. The Red Sashes are in awful form and winless in their last eight fixtures. They are the second-lowest scoring team in the division, with just 23 goals.
Alaves failed to win their last five league matches. Their last four La Liga fixtures finished with under 2.5 goals. Deportivo do not score many goals. They tallied just 25 in their 27 league fixtures.
The last six matches between Las Palmas and Athletic Bilbao were divided into two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The last three fixtures finished with under 1.5 goals.
Athletic Bilbao kept a clean sheet win in the reverse fixture, 1-0. The Lions are fifth in the standings and five points off the top four. Ernesto Valverde’s team failed to win their last two league matches, losing 3-1 to Real Betis and drawing nil-nil with Barcelona.
Las Palmas failed to win their last three matches, losing once and drawing twice. The Canaries are having a great return to La Liga and will finish comfortably in midtable. La Palmas are playing well at home, with a record of 6W-4D-3L.